ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT YESHWANTH BALAJI A P, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Coimbatore | Coimbatore, India | Advancing SDG 10, SDG 9 & UNAI 3
" I'm excited to be a Millennium Fellow because it offers a unique platform to collaborate with like-minded individuals who are equally passionate about driving positive change. My work in Artificial Intelligence and sustainable development is driven by a desire to create innovative solutions that address global challenges, and being part of this fellowship will empower me to amplify my impact. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: SignSpeak: A Real-Time Tamil Fingerspelling Translation System
This project presents a novel approach for recognizing and
translating Tamil fingerspelling using image-to-text conversion and subsequent
text-to-speech synthesis. Focusing on the Tamil Language Finger
Spelling 23 (TLFS 23) dataset, which contains 247 characters depicting
a wide array of Tamil fingerspelling gestures, we apply a multiclass classification
process to develop an effective model for accurately identifying
and transcribing images of fingerspelling into their corresponding textual
forms. Following transcription, the text is converted into spoken Tamil
through speech synthesis techniques to improve communication accessibility
for Tamil-speaking individuals. The comprehensive evaluation of
the TFLS 23 dataset supports the method’s viability and effectiveness,
significantly mitigating language barriers and enhancing communication
within the Tamil fingerspelling community.
About the Millennium Fellow
Yeshwanth Balaji is a passionate and workaholic student who studies at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. With his strong belief towards project based learning he has done projects related to sustainable development and Tech-Infused projects in his high school. In his years of learning he developed interest in Artificial Intelligence and started pursuing his undergraduation in the field of Artificial Intelligence Engineering. Yeshwanth has led a technical team and taught students of junior years in the bootcamp. He aspires to be in a professional field where he can apply the skills he gained to a good cause in the development and sustainability of this world.
